Mrs. Scholfield - G. D'Arcy "Stilton" Cheesewright

G. D'Arcy "Stilton" Cheesewright

G. D'Arcy "Stilton" Cheesewright is a fictional character in two Jeeves novels, being an intermittent but jealous fiancé of Florence Craye and thus a menacing "rival" of Florence's ex-"fiancé" Bertie Wooster, his schoolmate. A member of the Drones Club, Stilton is a hulking chap with a large head compared to a pumpkin and a "face that looked like a slab of pink dough", educated at Eton and Oxford, but considered a fine fellow only "as far northwards as the neck".

In Joy in the Morning (1946), Stilton was the local copper at Aunt Agatha's rural village Steeple Bumpleigh and engaged to Florence Craye who was in residence there. When Bertie Wooster turned up to help his uncle Lord Worplesdon, Stilton suspected Bertie of trying to steal Florence from him and stood in Bertie's way, even threatening physical violence. When Florence's father Lord Worplesdon (who was also the local Justice of the Peace) refused to let him make an arrest, the ensuing dispute led to Florence breaking their engagement. This would go down in Bertie's history as "the Steeple Bumpleigh Horror".

In Jeeves and the Feudal Spirit (1954), Stilton was an ex-copper at Aunt Dahlia's country house Brinkley Court but engaged again to Florence Craye who was in attendance there. When Bertie Wooster turned up to help his aunt, Stilton again suspected him of trying to steal Florence from him and stood in Bertie's way, with threats of physical violence such as breaking his spine in three places (and subsequently increasing the number by one whenever repeating the threat). When Stilton refused to grow a trendy mustache (like the one Bertie sported in this story), the ensuing dispute led to Florence breaking their engagement. They reconciled, but only for Stilton to leave her for another female writer, newly arrived novelist Daphne Dolores Morehead. He then thanked his "dearest friend" Bertie for helping him getting rid of "that Florence pest". (In the TV series, Stilton actually meets Jeeves in disguise as Daphne, adding to the absurdity of the situation.)

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